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Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Contents
- Welcome to Pages
- Overview of Pages
- Creating a Document Using the Pages Templates
- Formatting a Document’s Layout and Table of Contents
- Setting Page Orientation and Size
- Setting Page Margins
- Creating Columns
- Varying Column and Page Layouts
- Creating a Document With Left- and Right-Facing Pages
- Adding Headers, Footers, Page Numbers, Footnotes, and Endnotes
- Varying Document Formatting Using Section Breaks
- Adding a Repeated Background Image
- Using a Table of Contents
- Formatting Text and Paragraphs
- Working With Styles
- Working With Graphics andOther Media
- Changing Object Properties
- Creating Tables
- Adding a Table
- Using Table Cells and Borders
- Formatting Tables
- Adding Images or Background Colors
- Formatting Numbers
- Sorting Cells
- Autofilling
- Using Formulas
- A Tour of Using Formulas
- Adding a Quick Formula
- Removing a Formula
- Using the Formula Editor to Add and Edit Formulas
- Using Cell References
- Adding a Formula to Multiple Cells
- Performing Arithmetic Operations
- Using Predefined Functions
- Operators and Functions for Advanced Table Formula Users
- Defining Formulas That Use Operators
- Defining Formulas That Use Functions
- Creating Charts
- Personalizing Documents With Address Book Data
- Printing and Exporting Your Document to Other Formats
- Designing Your Own Document Templates
- Index
Chapter 8 Creating Tables 167
Using Table Cells and Borders
You enter text in a table cell by selecting the cell and typing. You put graphics in
tables by using a background fill in individual cells, the same way you fill an object
with an image. (For information about adding graphics or setting background colors
inside table cells, see “Adding Images or Background Colors” on page 177.) You can
also apply formulas to table cells that contain numbers or Boolean values (TRUE or
FALSE).
You can apply changes to an entire table at once (by selecting it) or to individual cells
within a table. To format text or graphics inside table cells or groups of cells, you
select only the cells you want to work with. You can select table cells and borders
using the following shortcuts, or by using the selection buttons in the Table Inspector.
To read about the Table Inspector, see “Formatting Tables” on page 170. To learn about
selecting cells when using formulas, see “Using Formulas” on page 183.
To select the entire table, do one of the following:
 If a table cell isn’t selected, click anywhere in the table.
 If a table cell is already selected, press Command-Return to select the entire table.
Selection handles appear on the edges of the table.
Selecting Table Cells
When a single cell is selected, you can move between cells by pressing the arrow keys
on your keyboard. If you type text in this mode, you replace text already in the cell.
You can also use the Tab key to navigate through the cells. Pressing Tab moves you to
the right and downward; pressing Shift-Tab moves to the left or upwards. If you press
the Tab key when the bottom-right cell of the table is selected, a new row is added to
the table.
To select a single table cell:
m If the table or a cell in it is selected, click in the cell.
m If the table or a cell in it isn’t selected, double-click in the cell.
The border of the selected cell is highlighted in yellow. You can enter text in the cell
by typing. Any text in the cell is replaced.